Author: Unknown Date: 22 Feb 2006
FS2000/FS2002 Fayrey Barracuda Mk.II. The first monoplane torpedo bomber of the Fleet Air Arm, the Fairey Barracuda was designed in Britain as a three seat torpedo/bomber/reconnaissance aircraft, which began entering service in late 1943. When first flown on 7th December, 1940. plane with moving parts, incl. folding wings.
Author: Don Halcom Date: 18 Feb 2006
FS2002/FS2004 Sukhoi Su-31. This Russian built plane may well be the world standard for aerobatic aircraft. It is powered by a 9 cylinder radial that makes vertical stunts a picnic. This plane is not for beginning pilots.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 14 Feb 2006
FS2002/FS2004 North American A-5A Vigilante. This aircraft was developed as high performance nuclear attack machine on an carrier. The difference with RA-5C are there is no swelling in the upper part of the airframe, no leading edge strake at the main wing root, no canoe that stores the sensor and the line put from the canopy on the back straight line etc.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 14 Feb 2006
FS2002/FS2004 McDonnell FH-1 Phantom. This was the first all-jet airplane ordered into production by the Navy. A new form to bury the J30 engine under the root of the both wings that was on earth manufactured with the body was adopted. And, a straight line main wing and the horizontal tail with a strong dihedral angle were combined with a thin body. Though the maximum speed achieved 770 km/h, because rising performance and the practicality, etc. are low, only 60 planes were manufactured and it ended. The first all-jet squadron aboard a carrier was operational with FH-1 Phantoms on the USS Saipan.
Author: Erwin Welker Date: 14 Feb 2006
FS2000/FS2002/CFS2 Junkers Ju-87B Stuka. Repaint, textures only, in desert camouflage scheme. Original flightmodel by Mario Noriega. Modified dp-file for two 50 mm tankkiller cannons and panel configuration for reargunner eyepoint included.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 06 Feb 2006
FS2002/FS2004 Grumman F7F Tigercat. In early 1941 Grumman began work on a new twin-engined Navy fighter, designed to have high performance and unprecedented firepower. The new aircraft, known as the F7F Tigercat, featured foldable wings and tricycle landing gear, with four 20mm cannons and four .050 inch machine guns providing an offensive punch. In addition, it could carry either a pair of 1000 pound bombs or a single torpedo.
Author: Kevin Bryan Date: 02 Feb 2006
FS2002/FS2004 Unreal Aviation Birdie. Birdie from Airboy Comic Books. This is a fictional aircraft based loosely on the plans from Eclipse Comics #39. Since those plans were minimal, many things were added or modified. Birdie is a jet ornithopter. It has flapping wings and jet power. This provides a wide range of performance parameters. There are two models available in this set. One is armed with external guns and rocket pods like the comic book original. The other has wing guns only. Airboy was the pilot. He was one of the early Comic Book aviation heroes of WW2. Be sure and check the readme for details.
Author: Kazunori Ito Date: 29 Jan 2006
FS2002/FS2004 Mikoyan MiG-31M FoxHound. The MiG-31 was developed as an improved version of the MiG-25 supersonic fighter. The two-seat MiG-31 was foreseen as a high-speed interceptor to counter the threat of supersonic aircraft and cruise missiles flying at low-level.The feature of M type are considerably large-scale ECM Pod that was equipped at the wing tip, canopy in good view where the curved surface glass was used, brief front gear door in two pieces and LERX behind large intake, Extension of main wing root, etc. Two kind of models, clean and with weapon, are included.
